Living in Altmünster

In Altmünster, unemployment is 3.1% (2024).

At the start of 2026, the foreign population was 942. Altmünster had a population of 9,998 at the start of 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2425 sources

Population9,998people1 Jan 2025Official source · Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence

Median gross salary (region)3,404EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024

Average net rent6.9EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3

Unemployment rate3.1%country median 4.8% — 35% belowOfficial source · Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities

Recorded crime3,606incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2023District figureOfficial source · Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables

PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

Lower unemployment than 87% of Austrian cities that publish it and cleaner air than 78% of Austrian cities that publish it.

Which Austria-wide rules apply when you move to Altmünster?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in AustriaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Altmünster.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€10

Net rent across major citiesAltmünster highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Vienna€7.90

Innsbruck€7.58

Salzburg€6.92

Graz€6.33

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	29.9 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	A1 Internet 100¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	9.9 EUR/month	30 Apr 2026	bob Flex 100GB⁴Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.9 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	461.4 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3⁶Official · regional context

Is Altmünster a good place to live?

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Remote worker61%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 50–72%

Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on education · range 56–76%

Student58%strong on cost, weak on education · range 46–70%

Family62%strong on family, weak on education · range 50–74%

Retirement54%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 40–68%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Altmünster?

The unemployment rate is 3.1 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁴

Unemployment across cities in AustriaUnemployment in Altmünster is 3.1%. Of 278 cities with data, 65 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

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Altmünster 3.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	77.3 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁶Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,404 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024⁵Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.1 %country median 4.8%	31 Dec 2024	Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities¹⁴Official

What does a salary buy in Altmünster?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€2,053of €2,507 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€2,507
Rent, 60 m²€6.90/m² · official · Durchschnittliche Nettomiete und Betriebskosten von Hauptmietwohnungen nach Bundesland (Zeitreihe), Tabelle 3 · 2025-12-31	− €414
Internet€30 · official · A1 Internet 100 · 2026-09-30	− €30
Mobile plan€10 · official · bob Flex 100GB · 2026-04-30	− €10
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€2,053

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Altmünster Salary needed to live in Altmünster

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Altmünster. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich — Public employment service

Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich (AMS)

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Altmünster. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Altmünster?

Police recorded about 3,606 incidents per 100,000 (2023). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables¹⁵

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,606 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Sicherheitsbericht 2023 – Kriminalität, Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung, Anhang; Kriminalitätsbericht 2023, district frequency tables¹⁵Official · county

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Altmünster. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

ÖIF German-learning and integration centres — Welcome Program

Österreichischer Integrationsfonds (ÖIF)

For migrants and newcomers.

GermanIn Person, Online

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ÖIF individual language-course funding and partner institutes — State Language Course

Österreichischer Integrationsfonds (ÖIF)

For eligible migrants.

GermanIn PersonSubsidised

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Altmünster?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA)⁷

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

138

111

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105

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202

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130

126

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

105

111

141

174

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.59WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in AustriaAnnual PM2.5 in Altmünster is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 118 cities with data, 38 have annual PM2.5 of 10 to under 11 µg/m³.

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Altmünster 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan -0.1 · Feb -0.6 · Mar 1.7 · Apr 5.8 · May 10.1 · Jun 14 · Jul 15.4 · Aug 15 · Sep 11.7 · Oct 8.5 · Nov 4.3 · Dec 0.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -5.3 · Feb -6.4 · Mar -3.5 · Apr -0.1 · May 3.9 · Jun 7.4 · Jul 8.9 · Aug 9.1 · Sep 6 · Oct 2.9 · Nov -1.2 · Dec -4.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.8 · Feb -3.3 · Mar -1 · Apr 2.8 · May 7.2 · Jun 10.7 · Jul 12.5 · Aug 12.8 · Sep 8.8 · Oct 5.9 · Nov 1.6 · Dec -1.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 138.2 · Feb 110.9 · Mar 151.2 · Apr 105.2 · May 171.6 · Jun 201.7 · Jul 230.8 · Aug 202.8 · Sep 175.6 · Oct 130.2 · Nov 126.3 · Dec 144.7 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 104.8 · Feb 110.6 · Mar 141.2 · Apr 173.7 · May 185.4 · Jun 176.5 · Jul 195.6 · Aug 201.7 · Sep 155.6 · Oct 148.3 · Nov 107.4 · Dec 95.8 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹³Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. Elsewhere: Jönköping (Sweden) ±2.0 °C, Titisee-Neustadt (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Bad Aibling (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Kolbermoor (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Miesbach (Germany) ±1.2 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The city covered 78.8 km² in 2025.

How many people live in Altmünster?

The published population was 9,998 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport90.6%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	78.77 km²	1 Jan 2025	Gemeinden 2025-01-01 WFS geometry⁸Official
Foreign-resident share	9.8 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁶Official
Foreign residents	942 people	1 Jan 2026	Bevölkerung am 01.01.2026 nach Staatsangehörigkeit und administrativen Gebietseinheiten³Official
Population density	126.9 people/km²	1 Jan 2025	Reproducible Gemeinde density from archived official population_total 2025-01-01 divided by official 2025 Gemeinde geometry area.⁸Official
Population	9,998 people	1 Jan 2025	Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence²Official

International community in Altmünster

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Population with main residence, current territorial structure, 1 January 2026, total sex · 2026-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Population total	9,974	100.0%
Austria	8,816	88.4%
Non-Austria	1,158	11.6%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	745	7.5%
EU Member States (26)	729	7.3%
Third countries	413	4.1%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	408	4.1%
Germany	375	3.8%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	321	3.2%
Europe including Türkiye	264	2.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Hungary	107	1.1%
Ukraine	99	1.0%
Asia	82	0.8%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	72	0.7%
Romania	71	0.7%
America	43	0.4%
Serbia	31	0.3%
Croatia	25	0.3%
Africa	22	0.2%
Latin America	22	0.2%
North America	21	0.2%
Türkiye	17	0.2%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	16	0.2%
Syria	6	0.1%
Oceania	2	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Citizenship

Population with main residence, current territorial structure, 1 January 2026, total sex · 2026-01-01

Published group	People	Share
Population total	9,974	100.0%
Austria	9,032	90.6%
Non-Austria	942	9.4%
EU and EFTA states (including United Kingdom)	639	6.4%
EU Member States (26)	630	6.3%
EU Member States before 2004 (13)	317	3.2%
EU Member States since 2004 (13)	313	3.1%
Third countries	303	3.0%
Germany	289	2.9%
Europe including Türkiye	213	2.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Hungary	127	1.3%
Ukraine	104	1.0%
Romania	67	0.7%
Asia	55	0.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	46	0.5%
Croatia	30	0.3%
America	26	0.3%
Serbia	25	0.3%
Latin America	14	0.1%
North America	12	0.1%
Türkiye	10	0.1%
Africa	9	0.1%
EFTA states, associated microstates and United Kingdom	9	0.1%
Syria	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	4,432 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistik Austria¹⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Altmünster

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Seewalchen am Attersee as an Altmünster alternative in the same region

15 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Unemployment: 2.3% Seewalchen am Attersee vs 3.1% Altmünster−26%
Residents: 5,741 Seewalchen am Attersee vs 9,998 Altmünster−43%
Foreign residents: 7.7% Seewalchen am Attersee vs 9.8% Altmünster−21%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,407 Seewalchen am Attersee vs 3,606 Altmünster−5%
Rent: €6.90/m² Seewalchen am Attersee vs €6.90/m² Altmünstersame level
Median gross pay, region: €3,404 Seewalchen am Attersee vs €3,404 Altmünstersame level
Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Seewalchen am Attersee vs 9.0 µg/m³ Altmünstersame level

Full comparison More about Seewalchen am Attersee

Cities near Altmünster

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Austria

Other cities in Austria to compare with Altmünster, nearest in population first.

All Austria cities

Purkersdorf9,970 residents St. Johann in Tirol9,891 residents Sierning9,867 residents St. Andrä9,840 residents Zell am See10,227 residents Laakirchen9,766 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Altmünster when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 15. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Übergangsstufen (transition classes for pupils with insufficient German). How to enrol a child (bmbwf.gv.at).

A country-wide rule for Austria; Altmünster's school authority applies it locally.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Altmünster?

The published population was 9,998 people in January 2025. Source: Archived AT round-01 G01 population evidence.

Is the air quality good in Altmünster?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA).

How safe is Altmünster?

What is the unemployment rate in Altmünster?

The unemployment rate is 3.1 % (2024). Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2024 — Key Results, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Altmünster?

The median gross salary is 3,404 EUR/month. Source: Brutto- und Nettojahreseinkommen der unselbständig Erwerbstätigen nach Bundesländern 2024.

Is Altmünster a good place to live?

Altmünster may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Altmünster?

Gmunden, Ohlsdorf, Ebensee am Traunsee, Laakirchen, Regau are near Altmünster. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Population total live in Altmünster?

The official country of birth distribution records 9,974 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2026-01-01. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  title = {Altmünster, Austria: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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  year = {2026},
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bob Flex 100GB newsroom.a1.net · checked 2026-09-15
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